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Gallows

Gallows Meaning & Definition
Gallows Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gallows?

[n] instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which condemned persons are executed by hanging

Synonyms | Synonyms for Gallows: gallous | gallowstree | gibbet

Related Terms | Find terms related to Gallows: ax | beheading | block | burning | capital punishment | cross | crucifixion | death chair | death chamber | decapitation | decollation | defenestration | drop | electric chair | electrocution | execution | fusillade | gallows-tree | garrote | gas chamber | gassing | gibbet | guillotine | halter | hanging | hemlock | hemp | hempen collar | hot seat | judicial murder | lapidation | lethal chamber | maiden | necktie party | noose | poisoning | rope | scaffold | shooting | stake | stoning | strangling | strangulation | the ax | the block | the chair | the gallows | the gas chamber | the guillotine | the hot seat | the rope | tree

See Also | hangman's halter | hangman's rope | hemp | hempen necktie | instrument of execution

Gallows In Webster's Dictionary

\Gal"lows\, n. sing.; pl. {Gallowses}or {Gallows}. [OE. galwes, pl., AS. galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to D. galg gallows, OS. & OHG. galgo, G. galgen, Icel. g[=a]lgi, Sw. & Dan. galge, Goth. galga a cross. Etymologically and historically considered, gallows is a noun in the plural number, but it is used as a singular, and hence is preceded by a; as, a gallows.] 1. A frame from which is suspended the rope with which criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like frame for suspending anything. So they hanged Haman on the gallows. --Esther vii. 10. If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows. --Shak. O, there were desolation of gaolers and gallowses? --Shak. 2. A wretch who deserves the gallows. [R.] --Shak. 3. (Print.) The rest for the tympan when raised. 4. pl. A pair of suspenders or braces. [Colloq.] {Gallows bird}, a person who deserves the gallows. [Colloq.] {Gallows bitts} (Naut.), one of two or more frames amidships on deck for supporting spare spars; -- called also {gallows}, {gallows top}, {gallows frame}, etc. {Gallows frame}. (a) The frame supporting the beam of an engine. (b) (Naut.) Gallows bitts. {Gallows}, or {Gallow tree}, the gallows. At length him nail['e]d on a gallow tree. --Spenser.

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